We build whole businesses, not just software.
4-Instance is a small independent software house. We design, build, and run our own ventures, from first commit to live business.
Most software houses build for clients. We build for ourselves. Each venture is a complete business that we design, ship, and run in-house.
No outsourcing, no agency retainer model. When we have an idea worth chasing, we build the product and the business around it, then we keep operating it.
Real businesses, live today.
Applications
Independent software apps, separate from the games studio.
More ventures are in the works. We add one when it is ready, not before.
How we work.
A small team that owns the whole lifecycle of a business, not a slice of it.
We write the software ourselves and keep ownership of every line. No handoffs, no black boxes.
We operate live. Events on the ground in Yorkshire, games in the App Store, web ventures online.
Each venture that works helps fund the next one we want to try. We stay small on purpose.